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.TH "PUPPET" "8" "November 2024" "Puppet, Inc." "Puppet manual"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBpuppet\fR \- an automated configuration management tool
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBpuppet\fR \fIsubcommand\fR [options] \fIaction\fR [options]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Puppet, an automated administrative engine for your Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, performs administrative tasks (such as adding users, installing packages, and updating server configurations) based on a centralized specification\.
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.SH "COMMANDS"
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.SS "Common"
\fBapply\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Apply Puppet manifests locally
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.P
\fBagent\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~The puppet agent daemon
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.P
\fBconfig\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Interact with Puppet\'s settings\.
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.P
\fBhelp\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Display Puppet help\.
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.P
\fBlookup\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Interactive Hiera lookup
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.P
\fBmodule\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Creates, installs and searches for modules on the Puppet Forge\.
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.P
\fBresource\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~The resource abstraction layer shell
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.SS "Specialized"
\fBstrings\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Generate Puppet documentation with YARD\.
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.P
\fBcatalog\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Compile, save, view, and convert catalogs\.
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.P
\fBdescribe\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Display help about resource types
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.P
\fBdevice\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Manage remote network devices
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.P
\fBdoc\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Generate Puppet references
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.P
\fBepp\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Interact directly with the EPP template parser/renderer\.
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.P
\fBfacts\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Retrieve and store facts\.
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.P
\fBfilebucket\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Store and retrieve files in a filebucket
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.P
\fBgenerate\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Generates Puppet code from Ruby definitions\.
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.P
\fBnode\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~View and manage node definitions\.
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.P
\fBparser\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Interact directly with the parser\.
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.P
\fBplugin\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Interact with the Puppet plugin system\.
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.P
\fBscript\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Run a puppet manifests as a script without compiling a catalog
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.P
\fBssl\fR
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.br
\~\~\~\~Manage SSL keys and certificates for puppet SSL clients
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
See \fBpuppet help <subcommand>\fR for help on a specific subcommand\.
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.P
See \fBpuppet help <subcommand> <action>\fR for help on a specific subcommand action\.
